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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Postmomdernism quote

"Postmodernism tells us there’s no such thing as truth; no such thing as
meaning; no such thing as certainty. I remember lecturing at Ohio State
University, one of the largest universities in this country. I was
minutes away from beginning my lecture, and my host was driving me past a
new building called the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts. He said,
“This is America’s first postmodern building.” I was startled for a
moment and I said, “What is a postmodern building?” He said, “Well, the
architect said that he designed this building with no design in mind.
When the architect was asked, ‘Why?’ he said, ‘If life itself is
capricious, why should our buildings have any design and any meaning?’
So he has pillars that have no purpose. He has stairways that go
nowhere. He has a senseless building built and somebody has paid for
it.” I said, “So his argument was that if life has no purpose and
design, why should the building have any design?” He said, “That is
correct.” I said, “Did he do the same with the foundation?” All of a
sudden there was silence. You see, you and I can fool with the
infrastructure as much as we would like, but we dare not fool with the
foundation because it will call our bluff in a hurry." - Ravi Zacharias

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